가락점

Korean

Etymology

가락 (garak, “spindle; strand”) +‎ 점(點) (jeom, “point; dot”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ka̠ɾa̠k̚t͡ɕ͈ʌ̹m]
  • Phonetic hangul: [가락쩜]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?garakjeom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?galagjeom
McCune–Reischauer?karakchŏm
Yale Romanization?kalakcem

Noun

가락점 • (garakjeom)

  1. (North Korea) diacritical marks, written to the left of (vertically written) Korean syllables in the Hunmin jeongeum, representing the tones of Middle Korean; fell into disuse by the 17th century.
    Synonyms: 방점(傍點) (bangjeom), 성조점(聲調點) (seongjojeom)

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